Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – FRIDAY 05/29/26
- 12:53 AM: Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 6:02 AM: Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 6:14 AM: Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Charles Street.
- 7:22 AM: Road closures reported at Chute Street, Woburn Street, and High Street.
- 7:27 AM: Road closures reported at Bancroft Avenue and Woburn Street.
- 8:58 AM: Fire Department responded to an indoor odor of gas at Archstone Circle.
- 9:45 AM: Wallet turned in at the police station.
- 10:11 AM: Fire Department responded to a report of sparking wires on Woburn Street.
- 10:30 AM: Community policing event held at Wood End Elementary School.
- 11:13 AM: Report of a seal-coating contractor soliciting door-to-door on Canterbury Drive.
- 12:13 PM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 12:22 PM: Report of a possibly deceased rabbit on Woburn Street.
- 1:12 PM: Caller reported a road rage incident at Green Street and Main Street.
- 1:20 PM: Oil tank inspection passed on West Street.
- 1:31 PM: Oil tank inspection passed on Fairchild Drive.
- 2:56 PM: Traffic enforcement at John Carver Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:59 PM: Caller reported items stolen from a vehicle on Main Street.
- 3:19 PM: Officers investigated an open 911 line on Old Farm Road.
- 3:27 PM: Motor vehicle stop resulted in a verbal warning at Charles Street and Main Street.
- 4:18 PM: Officers responded to a report of disruptive teens inside a business on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:00 PM: Officers assigned to Reading Memorial High School graduation detail.
- 5:20 PM: Caller reported a baby deer alone in a yard near Westcroft Road.
- 5:29 PM: Traffic enforcement at West Street and Catherine Avenue.
- 5:40 PM: Traffic enforcement near Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 5:49 PM: Two-vehicle crash investigated on Lowell Street. No injuries reported.
- 6:47 PM: Complaint application filed following a motor vehicle stop at Middlesex Avenue and Lowell Street.
- 8:40 PM: Key found during graduation activities at Reading Memorial High School.
- 9:54 PM: Commercial burglar alarm activation at Market Basket.
- 11:02 PM: Officer investigated a possible alarm sounding from a building on Main Street.
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – SATURDAY 05/30/26
- 1:01 AM: Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 2:13 AM: Officers checked the downtown square for all-night parking violations.
- 5:57 AM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 5:59 AM: Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street.
- 7:40 AM: Fire Department received a street box alarm at Lowell Street.
- 7:46 AM: Large tree branch reported down in the roadway at Lewis Street and Wentworth Road.
- 7:49 AM: Tree branch reported hanging from wires on Hartshorn Street.
- 8:11 AM: Truck reported to have lost its trailer near the Haverhill Street rotary.
- 8:50 AM: Uprooted tree reported on Pleasant Street.
- 9:19 AM: Resident reported a power outage on Willow Street.
- 9:20 AM: Large branch reported on power lines on Margaret Road.
- 9:34 AM: Tree fell onto a home on Beaver Road.
- 9:49 AM: Branch reported in the roadway at West Street and West Hill Circle.
- 9:52 AM: Traffic complaint regarding congestion near Main Street.
- 10:00 AM: Large branch reported blocking a sidewalk at Virginia Road and Indiana Avenue.
- 10:20 AM: Branch partially blocking the roadway on Washington Street.
- 10:21 AM: Caller reported a fallen stop sign near Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 10:37 AM: Large branch reported down in the roadway on Putnam Road.
- 10:46 AM: Branch reported on wires on Summer Avenue.
- 11:03 AM: Tree branch reported on wires on Linnea Lane.
- 11:21 AM: Large branch reported down on a sidewalk on Smith Avenue.
- 11:31 AM: Tree reported leaning on a house on Hillside Road.
- 11:44 AM: Tree reported on a deck on Haverhill Street.
- 11:59 AM: Broken utility pole reported hanging from wires at Oakland Road and Waverly Road.
- 12:20 PM: Motor vehicle stop resulted in a verbal warning for an improper turn at Haven Street and Village Street.
- 2:04 PM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 2:13 PM: Multiple callers reported a loud boom near Main Street and South Street.
- 2:35 PM: Possible poppy plants reported outside a business on Main Street.
- 2:52 PM: Large branch reported in the roadway on Main Street near Short Street.
- 3:07 PM: Resident reported an unknown vehicle parked on Lakeview Avenue for approximately one week.
- 3:48 PM: Tree limb reported resting on power lines on Linnea Lane.
- 6:09 PM: Officers checked on a man reported sleeping inside an ATM vestibule on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:25 PM: Neighbor dispute reported after a fence fell into an adjoining yard on Lafayette Road.
- 6:36 PM: Utility line reported pulled down from a house on Van Norden Road.
- 7:30 PM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 8:13 PM: Traffic enforcement at Pleasant Street and Main Street.
- 9:21 PM: Report of a loud party and possible underage drinking on Richards Road.
- 9:46 PM: Report of youths cutting through a yard on Haverhill Street.
- 9:47 PM: Apple Watch fall notification determined to be accidental on Lowell Street.
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – SUNDAY 05/31/26
- 1:15 AM: Arrest made for operating under the influence following a motor vehicle crash at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 3:31 AM: Officers confirmed an accidental 911 call at an apartment building on Taylor Drive.
- 4:38 AM: Officers checked the downtown square for all-night parking violations.
- 6:13 AM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Charles Street.
- 6:15 AM: Commercial building checks conducted in Sector 2.
- 6:39 AM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:36 AM: Wallet turned in and returned to its owner on Elliott Street.
- 9:26 AM: Tree branch reported on a sidewalk on Hartshorn Street.
- 10:57 AM: Oil tank inspection passed on High Street.
- 11:21 AM: Traffic enforcement at West Street and Catherine Avenue.
- 12:20 PM: Parking complaint investigated at Hunt Memorial Field and determined to be unfounded.
- 1:47 PM: Resident reported a bag of clothing left at the end of a driveway on Scotland Road.
- 2:57 PM: Fire Department responded to a transformer explosion and pole fire on Batchelder Road.
- 3:18 PM: School alarm activation reported at Wood End Elementary School.
- 4:09 PM: Resident reported a lost Apple Watch.
- 4:27 PM: Loss prevention reported a shoplifting incident at Stop & Shop.
- 4:34 PM: Minor two-vehicle crash investigated in a parking lot on General Way. No injuries reported.
- 4:43 PM: Officers checked the area following parking complaints at the end of Bancroft Avenue.
- 4:59 PM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 5:00 PM: Broken glass reported in the roadway on Richards Road.
- 5:35 PM: School alarm activation reported at Wood End Elementary School.
- 5:55 PM: Resident found a credit card on Ivy Lane.
- 5:56 PM: Traffic enforcement at West Street and Selfridge Road.
- 6:13 PM: Complaint application filed following a motor vehicle stop on Main Street.
- 6:20 PM: Commercial panic alarm reported on Main Street.
- 7:12 PM: Ongoing neighbor noise complaint reported at Elderberry Lane.
- 11:18 PM: Fire Department provided a lift assist to an elderly resident on Bay State Road. No injuries reported.
